Looking Back

Published 5:08 pm, Saturday, February 7, 2015

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1915:Herbert Harrison, an employee of Keeler's Hotel on Green Street, was detained by Antonio Gagnon, the sexton of the Church of the Assumption, after the latter man observed Harrison trying to break open the church's alms box with a small screwdriver. Gagnon called the police and told them Harrison had frequently been seen in what appeared to be a reverent pose before the shrine of St. Anthony, which is to the direct left of the alms box.

1965: Sister Mary Rosalie, principal of St. Patrick's School and coordinator of music for the Albany Diocese schools, received a special certificate of appreciation from the State Board of Regents for her work with the annual Albany Diocese Music Festival at the 14th annual festival at Washington Avenue Armory in Albany.

1990: It looked as if it would cost a nickel more to mail a letter next year. The increase, which would be the first since 1988 and the largest ever, would go before the Postal Service board of governors when it met on March 6. If things followed the normal course, rates would go up in February 1991 — 11 months after the process began.